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7 unusual facts about St Pancras railway station


Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

This act provides for construction, maintenance and operation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between St Pancras railway station and the entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone.

Colin St John Wilson

After a public protest, a new site was found further north, between Euston station and St Pancras station.

Hotels in London

The Midland Grand Hotel at St. Pancras (closed from 1935–2011; now the St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel.)

International railway station

An alternative name for any railway station in the United Kingdom and Ireland that serves International trains (for example, St Pancras railway station which is known as St Pancras International)

Quentin Blake

In 2007 he designed a huge mural on fabric, suspended over and thus disguising a ramshackle building immediately opposite an entrance to St Pancras railway station.

Thanet

New high speed rail links from London to Thanet began in December 2009, and it is now possible to travel from Margate to St Pancras railway station at an average speed of 60 miles per hour (about 96 km/h).

Transport in Bedford

East Midlands Trains intercity trains also serve the station, providing trains to St. Pancras, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.


Oakham

Oakham railway station is positioned approximately halfway between Peterborough railway station and Leicester railway station, at both of which passengers can board a train to London - either from Leicester to London St Pancras or from Peterborough to London King's Cross.

Regent's Canal

It performs a sharp bend at Camley Street Natural Park, following Goods Way where it flows behind both St Pancras railway station and King's Cross railway station.

St Luke's Church, Oseney Crescent

The construction in the 1860s of the Midland Railway's London terminus, St Pancras railway station, necessitated the demolition of a number of buildings on Euston Road, one of which was the recently erected St Luke's Church, designed by John Johnson and built in 1856-61 on the corner of Midland Road.

St Pancras Basin

There are currently several large-scale developments in progress, related to King's Cross Central and the redevelopment of St Pancras railway station.

The Palatine

The Palatine was the name given to an express passenger train, introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938: the 10.00 from Manchester Central to London St Pancras and the return working, the 16.30 from St Pancras to Manchester Central.

Toddington, Bedfordshire

From Harlington station, you can travel north to Flitwick and Bedford, or south to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, St Pancras International, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

Transport in Ashford, Kent

With the introduction of domestic train services along High Speed 1 between St Pancras railway station, Stratford International station in east London and Ashford, it is expected to pull the outer limits of the London commuter belt to the town and beyond, as travel time from Ashford to London is reduced from 83 to about 37 minutes.


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